<h4><strong>Change is Accelerating.</strong></h4><p><br></p><p>Managing a chamber of commerce and providing leadership in a community have never been more challenging. Navigating complexity is certainly more than showing up at a picnic and tossing a horseshoe, hoping to get a ringer.&nbsp;It takes intelligence, strategy, and focus to win prosperity.</p><p><br></p><p>In&nbsp;<em>Horseshoes vs. Chess</em>, veteran chamber executive and former mayor Dave Adkisson shares the insights he gained from more than 40 years observing chambers of commerce - as a CEO of three very different chambers (a small city chamber, a metro chamber, and a state chamber), as a two-term mayor of his hometown, as a former assistant to a U.S. Senator, and as a chamber leader on the national level.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Horseshoes vs. Chess</em>&nbsp;offers the lessons Adkisson wishes he had known when he started. He explores four distinct aspects of living in "Chamber World:"</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Chamber Leaders' Distinct Personalities and Skill Sets</li><li>Chamber Leaders Building Their Chambers to New Heights</li><li>Chamber Leaders Helping Shape Their Communities</li><li>Chamber Leaders Growing Professionally</li></ul><p><br></p><p>With compelling stories of victories as well as disappointments, Adkisson celebrates the incredible opportunity chamber leaders have to help their chambers and communities navigate modern challenges and gain greater prosperity.</p>